Saturday, December 01, 2012

I’m so happy to welcome you to DECEMBER and as such my last post over at Scrapbook & Cards Today's blog for 2012 in my Old New Borrowed Cool series! I can only hope that you have
enjoyed this little series even half as much I as have doing it for you.

I thought quite a bit about what I would do for a final project and
it just seemed fitting that it take the form of a December Daily album. For
those of you that are unfamiliar with one, a December Daily album is meant to
document the daily activities of the month of December – all those wonderful
holiday traditions that we have – and get them down into one place. And while
it may have been someone else’s idea once upon a time, I have to give credit to
the awesome Ali Edwards for inspiring me to give it my first try several years
ago.

Now that said, I have two confessions. (Yes, I know. Another of my confessions!) The first is that I absolutely
despise scrapbooking the Christmas holidays. I know. Shocking, right? I’ve done it tons of times and
yes, I know that it might *seem* like I enjoy it, but the truth is…well, I
don’t. Maybe it's because I'm just not happy with the pictures I take because of
poor lighting situations or I get bored with the same old holiday papers, or
whatever the case it at the time, but it's true. I’m sure at least *some* of you feel the same as me, right?!(Please tell me I'm not alone!)

The other confession is that while this will be my third
(attempt at a) December Daily, I have never managed to complete the entire
album! I’m trusting you all to keep me accountable this time! But the beauty of
a December Daily is that by doing a little something every day, you keep from
getting overwhelmed with the larger picture. And when it’s finished (and we
WILL finish, right!?!) you’ll have a wonderful keepsake that will be treasured
forever. So let’s dive in....

Since
this is my 3rd December Daily (and I swear I’ll finish it this
year!), I wanted to include a small introduction to this holiday season like I
have in years past. I love the look of white on white and since the interior of
the album was a kraft that wasn’t in my desired color palette, I choose to
cover the inside front and back cover with white cardstock then scattered
snowflake punches as if they were falling from the corner. I have also found
that sealing not only the outside cover but inside cover is so important,
especially if they are going to be handled for years to come.

For more of my December Daily, please hop over to the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog. I'll also be posting more here as the days go by. For now, we're off to a Christmas Parade....Advent Calendar item #1 about to be checked off! :)Have a wonderful weekend!xoxo, k